admiral

From Middle English amiral, from Old French amirail, amiral (modern French amiral), from a shortening of Arabic أَمِير اَلبَحْر‎ (ʔamīr al-baḥr, “commander of the fleet”, literally “sea commander”). Akin to amir, Amir, and emir. The -d- is probably from the influence of the otherwise unconnected admirable (Latin admīrābilis).

First recorded in English in September 1300, in a description of Gerard Allard of Winchelsea as “Admiral of the Fleet of the Cinque Ports”.[1][2]

• (UK, US) IPA^(key): /ˈæd.mə.ɹəl/

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admiral (plural admirals)

1. A naval officer of the highest rank; the commander of a country's naval forces.
2. A naval officer of high rank, immediately below Admiral of the Fleet; the commander of a fleet or squadron.
3. A flag officer in the United States Navy or Coast Guard of a grade superior to vice admiral and junior to admiral of the fleet (when that grade is used). An admiral is equal in grade or rank to a four-star general.
4. The ship which carries the admiral, the flagship; also, the most considerable ship of a fleet.
5. (obsolete) A prince or Saracen leader under the Sultan.
6. Any of various nymphalid butterflies of the genera Kaniska, Limenitis and Vanessa, especially a red admiral or white admiral.

• → German: Admiral
  • → Polish: admirał
  • → Slovene: admiral

• admiral on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

• “admiral, n.” in the Dictionary of the Scots Language, Edinburgh: Scottish Language Dictionaries.

• amildar

From English admiral, from Old French amirail, amiral (modern French amiral), from Arabic أَمِيرُ البَحْر‎ (ʔamīru l-baḥr, “commander of the fleet”).

• Hyphenation: ad‧mi‧ral

admiral

1. (military) an admiral

From Dutch admiraal, From Middle Dutch ammirael, from Old French amiral, from Latin amiralis, from Arabic أَمِيرُ البَحْر‎ (ʔamīru l-baḥr). Equivalent to amir +‎ bahar.

• IPA^(key): [at̚miral]
• Hyphenation: ad‧mi‧ral

admiral

1. admiral

• amberal

• laksamana

• “admiral” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Language Development and Fostering Agency — Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic Indonesia, 2016.

From French amiral (“admiral”), from Old French amirail, amiral (“admiral”), from Arabic أَمِير اَلْبَحْر‎ (ʔamīr al-baḥr, “commander of the fleet”).

• IPA^(key): /admɪˈrɑːl/

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• Rhymes: -ɑːl
• Hyphenation: ad‧mi‧ral

admiral m (definite singular admiralen, indefinite plural admiraler, definite plural admiralene)

1. (military, nautical) an admiral (a naval officer of the highest rank; the commander of a country's naval forces)
   • 1920, Jonas Lie, Samlede Digterverker VI, page 181:

     kommandøren og admiralen

     the commander and the admiral

   • 2015 January 12, NTBtekst:

     admiral Haakon Bruun-Hanssen har vært norsk forsvarssjef i noe over ett år

     Admiral Haakon Bruun-Hanssen has been Norwegian Chief of Defense for a little over a year

   • 2011 December 30, Dagsavisen‎^{[dagsavisen.no]}:

     den iranske marinens nestkommanderende, admiral Mahmoud Moussavi

     the Deputy Commander of the Iranian Navy, Admiral Mahmoud Moussavi

2. (historical) a commander-in-chief of a collection of ships belonging to an admiralty
3. (zoology) the red admiral (a bright red and black butterfly (Vanessa atalanta) of the family Nymphalidae)
   • 2012, Stig Aasvik, Indre anliggender:

     her om dagen så jeg en admiral på byen, den hadde forvillet seg inn i en bakgård på Grünerløkka

     the other day I saw an admiral in the city, it had strayed into a backyard on Grünerløkka

   Synonym: admiralsommerfugl

• “admiral” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
• “admiral” in Det Norske Akademis ordbok (NAOB).
• “admiral” in Store norske leksikon
• “admiral (sommerfugl)” in Store norske leksikon

From Arabic أَمِير الْبَحْر‎ (ʔamīr al-baḥr, “commander of the fleet”), via French amiral.

admiral m (definite singular admiralen, indefinite plural admiralar, definite plural admiralane)

1. (military, nautical) an admiral

• “admiral” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

admiral m (oblique plural admiraus or admirax or admirals, nominative singular admiraus or admirax or admirals, nominative plural admiral)

1. (Anglo-Norman) Alternative form of amiral

• admiral in Anglo-Norman Dictionary, Aberystwyth University, 2022

admiral m (plural admirali)

1. Obsolete form of amiral.

• admiral in Academia Română, Micul dicționar academic, ediția a II-a, Bucharest: Univers Enciclopedic, 2010. →ISBN

From Arabic اَمِير‎ (amīr, “commander”) + -al.

• IPA^(key): /admǐraːl/
• Hyphenation: ad‧mi‧ral

admìrāl m (Cyrillic spelling адмѝра̄л)

1. admiral

From German Admiral, from English admiral, from Middle English amiral, from Old French amirail, amiral (modern French amiral), from a shortening of Arabic أَمِير اَلبَحْر‎ (ʔamīr al-baḥr, “commander of the fleet”, literally “sea commander”).

admirȃl m anim

admiral (sense 3)

1. Admiral, a naval officer of the highest rank, above vice admiral.
2. (zoology) Vanessa atalanta, a type of butterfly.
3. An Opel car model.

• “admiral”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU, portal Fran

Borrowed from English admiral.

• Hyphenation: ad‧mi‧ral
• IPA^(key): /ˌʔadmiˈɾal/, [ˌʔad.mɪˈɾal]

ádmirál

1. (military) admiral

   Synonyms: almirante, laksamana

• “admiral” in Pinoy Dictionary, Cyberspace.ph, 2010-2023.